Grate and fender for fire-places



JLN. HARRIS. Grate and Fender for PirefPlaoes.

Patented June 2 18310- WITNESSES, A

l4lllllllltllllllllllltllunw U ITED STATES To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. NELSON HARRIS, of the city of Louisville, in the county of J efferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Grates and Fenders for Fire-Places and other similar purposes; and I do hereby declare that,the

' following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a perspective view of the grate and fenders, showing their general construction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the front frame, the grate, tile, cross-bar, and arm on which the grate rests. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, showing the grate, cross-bar, tile, and line. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the sliding doors or ventilators of the fender, showing the small ventilator-slides at the bottom. Fig. 5

is a perspective view of the form of tile I prefer to use.

This my invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in revolving grates and fenders for heating rooms; and the invention consists in the peculiarities and details of construction hereinafter specified and claimed.

A represents the mantel front or frame of the grate, which may be made as shown or in any of the known forms.

B is the grate or basket, which is made somewhat in the form of a bowl or hemisphere, with vertical bars and a pivot, G, on the bottom, which enters the eye of an arm or arms, D, by means of which it is held in position, susceptible of being turned horizontally in either direction, so as to bring any desired back part of the grate to the front.

E is the iron back or cross-bar connecting with the front frame, A, and to which the arm or arms D are secured. This crossbar E is also made to answer as a fire-back for the grate and a base for the tile F to rest upon, and may be cast solid in the frame A, or made separate and secured thereto by means of bolts or otherwise.

F is the tile, which is made in the form shown in Fig. 5. The inner surface or face of this tile is curved longitudinally, but is flat or straight transversely, as shown in Figs. 5

PATENT OFFICE. I

J. NELSON HARRIS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GRATE AND FENDER FOR FIRE-PLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,994, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed December 29, 1879. I

been ribbed; but I have found'that the best results are obtained by curving the tile longitudinally and making it perfectly flat or straight transversely, as herein shown.

G is the flue, the opening of which commences near the top of the grate at each end of the tile, thereby preventing any liability to smoke.

H is an ornamental and useful fender, which is made in form as shown in the drawings, and especially adapted to and corresponds with the circle of this or other grates in connection with which it may be used. I I I are the brackets that hold the foot-rest bars J J. The vertical part of this fender, immediately around or across the front of the grate, extends up close under the rim thereof, and is further provided with stationary portions K K, the windows of which are filled with mica, and L L are sliding or folding doors, the windows of which are also filled with mica. These doors are all made of a double thickness of sheet metal to receive the mica between the parts, and are made to slide in grooves in the fenden frame, as shown at N N, Fig. 3.

O 0 represent the opening of small ventilator-slides ,P P in the lower part of the sliding doors L L, between the parts, for the purpose of more perfectly adjusting the amount of air required to operate the grate economically, and by means of the flange Von the inner edge of the fender, in connection with the doors L L and slides P I, near the bottom, the draft or supply of air to the grate may be either entirely shut off or controlled as desired, and thus prevent the heated air of the room from escaping through the grate.

The last-named ventilator-openin gs O 0 may be made in the flat part of the top of the fender, or at any other point most convenient; but when so made the position of the flange V will be so changed as to bring it outside of the openings.

It Rare the knobs of the small slides I P. S is the hearth of the grate. T is a pipe inserted through the wall back of the grate,

connecting with the air-space at the back, for the purpose of supplying the grate with air without taking it from the heated air of the room.

V is a flange on the inner edge of the fender-base, extending down close to the hearth, for the purpose of excluding all air from the grate which may come under the base of the fender. This flange V may or may not, as desired, constitute the front part of the ashpan W.

The utility of the fender as a whole consists in its controlling the supply of air from the room to the grate, or wholly excluding the same, so that the grate may be supplied with air from outside the room by means of the pipe T at the back; and, further, in that the fender hides the grate and ash-pit and prevents the dust that may arise from passing into the apartment when the grate is stirred or replenished.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of this my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The described fire-place, provided with the rotatable bowl-shaped grate B, having a pivot, G, the arm D, to receive said grate, the crosspiece E, supporting the arm D and constituting the fire-back, and the tile F, resting upon said fireback at an angle of about forty-five degrees, all'arranged substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the fender H, with its brackets I I I, foot-rest bars J J, stationary portions K K, sliding ventilator-doors L L, small ventilator-slides P P, and flange V of the tender-frame, substantially as herein described, aud for the purpose set forth.

J. NELSON HARRIS. Witnesses:

FRANK PARDON, J. G. HEWITT. 

